Calcitization/dedolomitization of Jurassic dolostones (Lebanon): Results from petrographic and sequential geochemical analyses

Sedimentology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1467-1485

  Nader, Fadi H ^a,d   Swennen, Rudy ^b   Keppens, Eddy ^c  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES   (France)

Author keywords

Dedolomite; Oxygen isotope; Sequential extraction; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DISSOLUTION; DOLOSTONE; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; JURASSIC; MINERALOGY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PETROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); STABLE ISOTOPE; STOICHIOMETRY; TEXTURE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 52249108719     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: 13653091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2008.00953.x     Document Type: Article

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